Quiet resistance in Bangladesh to Sharia provisions discriminating against women, which are akin to those discriminating against dhimmis. From the Washington Times, with thanks to EPG: Bangladesh has used a “silent social revolution” to boost women’s rights and avoid the religious extremism that has plagued other Muslim countries, Foreign Minister M. Morshed Khan said in […]
U.S. names Bangladesh outfit a terrorist group
From The Hindu, with thanks to Fanabba: DHAKA: The United States has named the Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami organisation of Bangladesh as a “terrorist group” having links with the Al-Qaeda. The group has been listed in the “selected terrorist groups” in the U.S. State Department’s “Country Reports on Terrorism for 2004,” released recently. “Bangladesh supports the global […]
Texas: Bangladeshi Muslim caught crossing border with member of group linked to Al-Qaeda
From the Brownsville Herald, with thanks to Kemaste: December 10, 2004 — Last week’s arrest of a Bangladeshi immigrant trying to illegally enter the country has federal authorities concerned over the vulnerability of the U.S.-Mexico border to infiltration by terrorists. Federal court records show Fakhrul Islam, age unknown, was arrested Dec. 4 with 13 other […]
Bangladesh: emerging hub of terror
“Bangladesh is the next favoured destination of the Al Qaeda.” From The Daily Pioneer, with thanks to Fanabba: The global war on terrorism, it appears, is missing a critical battlefront: Bangladesh. While US-led forces are concentrating on Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan, forces of terror are regrouping in Bangladesh, a perfect haven for sundry groups operating […]
Bangladesh: Ahmadiyya mosque razed, 12 houses robbed by jihadists
In the view of these “orthodox Muslim fanatics,” Muslim heretics have no religious or even human rights. From the Daily Star, with thanks to Twostellas: Orthodox Muslim fanatics razed an Ahmadiyya mosque at Bhadughar in Brahmanbaria minutes before the Juma prayers yesterday. In the latest incident of persecution of the minority religious sect, the hate-filled […]
Bangladesh: Family flees home because of fatwa
Life under Sharia alert. Where is Amnesty International? Where is Human Rights Watch? From The Daily Star, with thanks to Twostellas: A family in a village under sader upazila of Rangpur district has fled their home after local religious extremists attacked and threatened to kill them for non-compliance with a fatwa. Efzalul and Anjuma Khatun, […]
Bangladesh: 22 Hindu houses torched, robbed
By mobs that could be linked to the ruling Muslim Bangladesh Nationalist Party, which opposes all “anti-Islamic law.” From the Daily Star: Armed mobsters with alleged links to ruling BNP in a raid on a remote village under Pirgachha upazila in the district on Monday torched 22 houses of minority Hindus, injured 20 villagers and […]
Bangladesh: Jihadist group claims responsibility for blast and threatens democracy leader
A newly-surfaced jihadist group in Bangladesh is targeting Sheikh Hasina, former Prime Minister and daughter of the founding father of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. One principal reason why may be that she is a champion of democracy. From ANI: An Islamic outfit called the Hikmat-ul-Jihad has claimed responsibility for Saturday’s grenade attack at an Awami […]
Bangladesh: home to 48 Islamic militant camps
The tiny minority of Islamic extremists seems to be extraordinarily busy these days in Bangladesh: “With pressure mounting on Dhaka to act against North Eastern insurgent camps there, media reports say that there were at least 48 camps across Bangladesh to impart arms training to Islamic militants, some of whom are known to be close […]
Bangladesh may be emerging terrorist sanctuary
The tiny minority of extremists may have found a new South Asia home base: “Bangladesh may be emerging as a haven for Islamic terrorists in South Asia, intelligence reports say.” This from Straits Times, with thanks to nicolei. “A report by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) expressed concern about serious attacks by radicals on […]